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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION. Resolved, That the American democracy plaeeKtheir trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the discriminating justice of the American people. Resolved, That we regard this as a distinct feature of our political creed, which we are proud to maintain before the world, as the great u- moral element in a form of government, spring tug trom and upheld by the popu'ar will; and .?. ?:.k ,u,? nnrj ?rartice of we contrast n ??iui me vir^u i federalism, under whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, i. and which conceives no imposture too inonsttous for the popular credulity. Resolved, therefore. That entertaining these views, tho democratic party of this Union, through their delegates assembled iu a general convention ot the Sta'es, coming together in a spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines -and faith of a free representative government, and appealing to their fellow citizens for the rectitude of their intentions, renew and reassert before the American people, the declaration of principles avowed by thetn, when, on a iormer occasion, in general convention, they (presented their candidates for the popular suf-r frages: 1. That the federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the constitution, and the grants of power shown therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the government; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. 2. That the constitution does not confer upon 'thfr-gpfteral government tha power to commence and.cfirry on a general system of internal im yrowmwf. 3. That (he constitution docs not confer au. tbority upon the federal government, directly or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local internal improvemeriU, or other State purposes, nor would such assumption be just and expedient. 4. That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of in-dustry.to the detriment of another, or to cherish 4be interest of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common coantry; that evpTy citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges, an 1 to complete and ample protection of persons and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression. 5. That it is the duty of every branch of the ^government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our puhl:c affairs; , and -that no more revenue ought to be raised than Is reqaired lo defray the necessary expenset of the government, and for the gradual hut certain extinction of the debt created by the prosecution of a just and necessary war, after peaceful relations shall have been restored. 6. That congress has no power to charter a national bank: that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interest of the country, dangerous <o otu rx*pubfican in stitutions and the liberties of the people, and . calculated to place the Easiness of the country within the control of & contracted money power, and above the laws and the will of the people; 4tnd that the result of democratic legislation, in this, and all other financial measures ttpcm which issues have been made between the two political parties. of the country, have demonsi rated to candid and practical men of all parties, their soundness, safety and utility in all business pursuits. 7. That congress has no power under the conctitution to interfere with or control the domastic institutions of the several States, and that such States, are the sole and proper judges of every thing appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited hy the constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induac congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to thre most alarming and dangerous consequences'; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the lability 'and permanency of the Union, and ?4 ?^ ? ? **-*'' * *?? ! !/?r*/I rtl OUfcjni nni m ue couiuenanucu >'j mij niruu m our political institution*. 8. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking institutions, is indispensable for the safety of the funds oi the government and the rights of the people. 9. That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the declaration ofindependence, and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes oars the land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been car. viinal principles in the democratic faith, and eve > ry attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute books. Resolved, That tho proceeds of the public jk^and* ought;to be sacredly applied to the nation* ml objects specified in (be constitution and that vre are opposed to any law for tho distribution > of such proceeds among the States, as alike in. -T~oio.nl in notice and ranuirnant to the con* ^ |??j -1 o - limiion. ResolreH, TliRt we are decidedly opposed to flaking from the President the qualified veto /power, by which be is enabled, under restrictions and responsibililiedjPamply sufficient to jf-. fptanl the public interest, to suspend the passage IP" """ of a bill whose merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds of the senate and house of representatives, until the judgement of the penpie can he obtained thereon, and which has saved the American people from the corrupt and tyrantcal domination of the Bank of the United Stales, and from a corrupting system of general internal improvements. Resolved, That the war with Mexico provoked on her part by years of insult and injury, was commenced by her army crossing the Rio Grande, attacking the American troops, and invading our sister State of Texas,?and that upon all the principles of patriotism and tho laws of nations, is a just and necessary war on our part, in which every American citizens should have shown himself on the 6ide of his country, and neither morally nor physically, by word or Heed, have given "aid and comfort to the ene. >? Resolved, That w? wou'd he rejoiced at the assurances of * peace with Mexico, founded 011 the just principles of indemnity for the past and security for the future; hut thai while the ratification ot the treaty offered to Mexico remains in douht, it is the duty of the country to sustain \the administration in every measure necessary to provide for the vigorous prosecution ol the war, should the treaty he rejected. Resolved, That the officers and soldier* who have carried the arms of their country into Mexico, have crowned it with imperishable giory. Their unconquerable courage, their daring enterprise, their, unfaltering perseverance and fortitude when assailed on all sides bv innumerable foes, and that more formidable enemy? the diseases of the climate?exalt their devoted 4? patriotism into the highest heroism, and give r them a right to tho profound gratitude nf their s Country and the admiration of the world. t Resolved, That the democratic national con- s ven.tion of the thirty states composing the A me- I rican republic, tender fraternal congratulations r to the national convention of the republic of 1 France, now assembled as the free suffrage re- i preventatives of the sovereignty of thirty-five j millions of republicans, to establish government t on those eternal principles of equal rights, for > which their Lafayette, and our Washington, ? fought side qy side, in the struggle for our na- < fiona! independence; and we would especially ? convey to them and to the whole people of 1 France, our earnest wishes for the consolida- t tion of their liberties, through the wisdom that s shall iruide their councils, on the basis of a de- I mocratic constitution, not derived from the < "rants or concessins of kings or dynasties, hut < originating from the only true source of politi- < cal power recognised in the Sta'cs of this Union; < the inherent and inalienable right of the people, t in their sovereign capacity, to tnalce and to .? amend their forms of government in such man- I tier as the welfare of the community may re- t quire. I Resolved, That in the recent developement of this grand political truth, of the sovereignty of I the people and their capacity and power for self i government, which is prostrating thrones and I erecting republics on the ruins of despotism in I the old world, we feel that a high and sacred < duty is devolved, with increased responsibility i upon the democratic party of this country, as | the party of the people, to sustain and advance I among us constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legisla- i lion for the benefit of the few t?l the expense of < the many, and by a vigilant and constant adhe- I rence to those principles and compromises of i the constitution, which are broad enough and | s'rong enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it shall be in the full expansion of the ener- t gies and capacity of this great and progressive < people. ' Resolved, That a copy "of these resolutions be i forwarded through the. American minister in < Paris to the national convention of the reptth- I lie of France. < Resolved, That the fruits of the great politi- I cal triumph of 1844, which elected James IC. f and George :M. Dallas, President and Vice Pre- ' sident of the United Stales, have fulfilled the I hopes of the democracy of the Union; in de- ' featingthe declared purposes of their opponents I to create a national bank; in preventingthe or- | . 1 | ,ti?f r i lint if in of the I rujii anu UIIWUII9IHUHVHUI ?? land proceeds from the common treasury of the Union, for local purposes, in protecting the currency and the labor of The country from ruinous fluctuations, and guarding the money of the people, by the establishment of the constitutional treasury, in the noble impulse given to the cause of free trade, by the repeal of the tariff of 1846; and that, in our opinion, it would be a fatal error to weaken the hands of political organization by which these great reforms have been achieved, and risk them in the hands of their known adversaries, with whatever delusive appeals they may solicit the surrender of that vigilance, which is the only safeguard of liberty. Resolved, That the confidence of the democracy of the Union in the principles, capacity, firmness nnd integrity of Jarnes K. Polk, manifested by his nomination nnd election in 1844, has been signally justified by the strictness of his adherence to sound democratic doctrines, by the purity of purpose, the energy and ability which have characterised his administration in all our affairs, at home and abroad; and that ! we tender to h:m our cordial congratulations upon the brilliant success which has hitherto crowned his patriotic efforts, nnd assure him, in advance, that, at the expiration of his presidential term, he will carry with him to his retirenmnt the esteem, respect and admiration of a greateful country. ' Resolved, That this convention hereby pre- ? sent to the people of the United States LEWIS ' CASS, of Michigan, as the candidate of the de- t mocratic parly f?r the office of President, and WILLIAM 0. BUTLER, of Kentucky, as the < candidate of the democratic party for the office I of Vice President of the United Slates. I . t MR. YANCEY'S REM VRKS. Substance of (he remarks of Mr. Yancy, of 1 Alabama, at (he meeting held in Charleston > on (he 6th June, 1H4S. [ Mr. Yancy said that this corlinl reception i gave hiin great pleaMire, and expressed his high t appreciation of the honor of addressing such ' an assemblage upon an occasion of such great t , interest. It had been well said by his friend * 1 [Mr. Bailey.] that this was a momentous peri- f I od iu our political history. The events of the I i past year characterized it as such, and to those I j who had the pleasure of knowing intimatnly I j the venerable gentleman who presided [Hon. I I). I'j. linger,J his presence in niui cuair was, i * in itself, a strong assurance that no ordinary in- [ ( torest was alt.iclied to their deliberations upon 1 the subject which had brought together so much ' 1 of the beauty, the grace, the intelligence, and i patriotism of this famed city of the South. Mr. [ I Yancy here paid a glowing and feeling tribute t to the noble and exalted character of the dis- < tinguished gentleman who occupied the chair? ( who had been honored by his fellow citizens to I a degree much beyond what usually falls to the t lot of any single individual, no matter how cmi- t nr.nt for virtue and talpnt, and who had now t again consented, at their call, to come forth J from the repose which he had sought, to mingle his voice with theirs in counselling for the pub- i lie weal. "In the sunset of his noble career," | said Mr. Y., "rendered gloriously fulgent by < hn having resigned into the hands of a gene- < rous people the noblest dignity which it was in I their power to bestow upon him, he is seen < once again patriotically devoting his energies t and mind to the cause of his beloved South." { Mr. Y. said that the voice of menace against i our rights had grown louder and more deter- I mined?that our political equality in the Union, < long since compromised, was now in danger of i being entirely destroy. He spoke of the bar- I ricrs which the Southern democrats had hereofore confided in, (i. e. the organization of the t democratic party,) as being no longer guarded I hy friends, but as being in possession of our < f<es, who were using tho power with sirhich we < hurl anted 10 cioine inem mr me emuuiwii k"""? . for their own selfish and unconstitutional purpo- t ses. Thus thrown hack upon our own resour- I ccs, and cut off from further communion with i our former allies, he said it was a solemn duty I to ourselves, that we should promptly consider < the circumstances which surrounded us, and the 1 best means of placing ourselves In such a posi. lion as would insure our tights and command t the respect of such of our brothers in the Con- < federaey, as still loved the Constitution more i than thev did the success of their party. I Mr. Yuncy went into a thorough review of ( the causes and history of this attack upon South- I ern rights. He spoke of the Missouri C'ompro- | mise as the cause of our troubles?as a yielding < of the constitutional ground which it was the | 9 ight and duty of the South to occupy, and an icknowledgement that Congress had the power o sit in jurisdiction upon the institutions of a overeigu State. The South, befitro that untappy event, held equal rights in every portion tt our extended domain; that compromise drove i<?r from all it north of 3G deg. 30 rnin., while t did not deprive the North ol a particle of her nint interest in all south of that line. It was in compromise?it was an inglorious and untviso concession by the South to the North of jreat constitutional rights. When the Texas piestion arose the effect was seen at once?an >fiect taught us as inevitable by the lessons of jistory?unmanly concessions bpget arrogant Jemands. The North demanded that Texas thould be a non-slaveholding State, but was wiling to nccept of another compromise! And ivhat was that? that she would consent (!) that me-half of Texas, lying west of a certain lino jf longitude, running from the Gulf to the southern boundary of the United Slates, should hive t-~ n-iuiioira ?,f In,<r fir itself whether it ,IIC j'll'IIVJjX ... ihould ever hold slaves: but that in the otier half Congress should decide there should be no slaves! Texas was (breed, however, to submit to the Missouri compromise line to her territory. Mr. Y. alluded also to the attempt to engraft his same compromise upon the Oregon territory? a territory in which, without legislation, ihcrc would be no probability of a slave ever being held. But it was deemed desirable by Dur tnsk master that the statute should be put upon our bookR as a precedent?showing the power of Congress to sit in juiisdiction upon [he question! Mr. Y. then spoke of the origin of the Wilmot Proviso, ns legislation in advance of the acquisition o{ Mexican territory. Its discussion had at last aroused the South to some slight j show ol opposition. The people met pretty Generally in their primary assemblages, and without any distinction of party had resolved to unite in putting down this insolent attack upon | our political rights. The effect was immediate- I ly discernable, at least in the democratic ranks ' it the North. Why but little effect was produced on the Whig party at the North was owing lo the fact, doubtless, that it had little to hope or expect from the Southern Whigs, and felt it to belter policy so act as to increase and strengthen themselves in the non-slaveholding Slates, in which the great mass of their votes ay. The democrats, on the contrary, were strongest in the slaveholding States, and wore jound, if by no higher motives than those of | vdicy, to conciliate the South, liience; aoumess, the difference of the effect and its reason ivhy these primary Southern meetings produced >n the Provisoists. Leading democratic statesnen came out and disavowed the Wjlrnot Pronso; They denied to Congiess any power over he slavery question. Two of them, (Jcneral [Jass and Mr. Buchanan, however, contended hat the power to exclude slavery Irom the ter itories, and thus prevent their settlement hy slaveholders, lay in the people of those terrilo ies?thus giving to the first comers in a terri?ry the exclusive power of appropriating it to hemselves and such others only as they chose o tolerate?thus giving to them the power of lestroying the rights of property in these terriories, which belong to the South as well as to lie North?thus giving to these first comers, no natter how few in number, the sole power of noddling, far in advance of the proper period or doing so, the institutions of the new Stales o be carved out of these territories! This antagonism to Southern rights had thus issuined, continued Mr. V., a new shajMj?a nuch more dangerous attitude. It was a halfa-ay ground, apparently, between those who contend that Congress had the power to prevent slaves from being introduced into these new ter? ilorics and those who constituted the ultra alioition wing: whi e in truth it was the strongest ind surest method of accomplishing the objects >f both wings of the enoin esof the South?the norul and political fanatics on the one hand, md on the other those who desired, by means )f this fanaticism, to grasp the whole power of,1 he Union. As an evidence of the moral power the South :an wield when united, Mr. Yancygive a brief' listory of the views ot uenerai uass on me Proviso. He alluded to certain developements na:lc hv Mr. Rathbun, ail cx-M. C., in the Uli:u Convention, which showed that Gen. Cass lad been the originator of the Proviso?had I nduced certain members of the House of Re- I iresentatives to tack it on to another measure , n thai body, 83 the great principle upon which j he North could and would be allied and carried : >y the Projhioists?had promised to support the j novo; antHiad, in the United Stales Senate, j ictui'.lly endo-sed it, in a few remarks upon it, i is correct in principle! This was, of course, letbre the South had been aroused to action; jut, continued Mr. Y., no sooner had we spolen in firm and united tones, than the Northern Democracy became nlarined lest it should be leserted by the South and left in a minority, and that to politicians is the ne phis ultra of poitical punishment,) and began to tremble, and iitull) to recede. Of course this cpiite inte- | -estiug change in the public sentiment of the Democracy was not unnoticed by 60 keen an ob* I icrver of the political atmosphere as General Jasa. His own opinion changed in a corres. loading degree. Ho deserted his poor bant I ing, and left it unprotected in the hands of j hose political midwives, Wilmot, Hrinkerhofl", ' tnd Rathbun! He very ingeniously confesses I o this ''interesting change" in his letter to M r. I Nicholson. ! Mr. Y. then wont on to speak of the manner n which the South had met this change in the losilion and tactics of ih?^iorlh. Reing more disguised in his antagonism, it had excited less ipen and strenuous opposition. In fact, it is jelieved that its apparent concession had de:eived many eood patriots. Some, however, ,bought that they saw in this move a more dangerous thrust at the south, because more insidious. The resolutions now before tho'meeling liave noticed the Alabama movement in term* if approbation. In that convention of the party n Alabama was a more full representation of :ho intelligence and Democracy of the State. Flic resolutions were adopted by it, after unrestricted discussion, without a. dissenting voice. He hoped, for the honor and good of the helov. sd State of his adoption, that those noblo prin:iples would be adhered to by its Democracy, uid that the portion of her delegates who had lhandoncd them would bo taught hereafter to have more confidence in her intelligence, firmless, and patriotism. Florida then reiterated :hose principles;' and afterwards Virginia enlorsed thern as her own, and spoke of them as 'Ihc noble resolutions ol the State of Alabama." Judging by the past, the South had a right to expect that her interests would be acknowledged and be protected by the Democratic Nationll Convention, in which she was about to join. Fearing, however, to trust her rights entirely o a sell.constituted body, the three Slates men. ioned had made it a condition of entering into hat body, that they would ho hound by no de-isinn mil mnrle in rrmfhrmitv with nrinri. ties they avowed. In this instance, however, no effect was pro rluced. Northern Democratic Statesmen, who had advanced opinions hostile to us. refused to alter their position or to reconsider their opinions. They remained firm, and the Northern Democracy sustained them in doing so. And why was the result less propitious to our hopes than when they had reconsidered their views upon the power of Congress to interfere with Slavery? Was tho positition that the laborers from non-slaveholding States in our Territories could make such rules and regulations therein to exclude slaveholders from immigrating there more tenable than that Congress could do so' Certainly not. The one principle is as unten-i-i ? -1? -it WL.? tknn wnu niir nnci. anie as ine uiuer. <* ur, tion not recognised, and boih of these unconstitutional means r?f excluding Slavery from the territories repudiated by the Northern wing ol of"our party? What reason ran be assignee why thoy rejected the one, and adhered to the other? Simply because, on the one point, thr South presented a united front in opposition arte to reed a respect for her position: on the othei but (bur of the Southern States, including South Carolina, made remonstrance. United, we could and did control the great Democratic party. Divided, we became powerless! In the Convention that assembled at Baltimore, (Mr. Yancey continued,) the South die not even maintain the two points gained bj her demonstration against the proviso politicians They yielded to us that Congress could not in terfere with Slavery either in the States or ir the Territories. But in the Convention of lh< party, as soon as it was ascertained that therr were Southern men, representing the South eager to join in the game which would be iht surest to resultjin a distribution of office?tha the delegation from Virginia was prepared t< abandon the high position assumed by the Vir ginia Convention?that (hero were delegate! even from Alabama who made the Vice Pies idency, and even paramount to the Presi dency, and held both paramount to their instruc tions?that some of the representatives fron Louisiana and Tennessee sided with the Nnrtl against the view taken by the Alabama, Flori da, Virginia Conventions?in fine, that a nom ination was held by perhaps a majority of lh? South as of rrore importance than any guaran tee of principles, as soon as all this was known and it was all quickly ascertained, the spirit o the North developed itself in all its antagonisn and hatred of the South, and with insulting ar rogance refused even to sanction the principle admitted by Cass and Buchanan to he correct -l '< ? ......i.l nnt Intorlnrp with the noes ICIIU v.ou.u ..... ... ._ t tion in the Territories?and would consent on ]y to say that Congress could not interfere will it in the Slates! Thus, what we had won bj union we in part lost by disunion. Anolhe great truth is taught tis ? that what we wrinj Iroin fear, will be lost to us when we becorni weak. Mr. Yancey said that he had thus endeavor cd, though he feared much nt the expense o their ease and comfort, to show that the Nortl had no real regard for us?that it did not bas< its support, heretofore rendered to us, on a con stitutional ant! immutable basis, but upon a (ea lest the South would not aid it in its part schemes and pursuit of power?that when uni led, the South nevertheless had heen able t prevent any a agression upon her rights, an that as soon us we entered eagerly into th Presidential scramble, we lost the charm an became powerless, and the sport of our tint urn enemies shown by too clear proof to be druiht cd, to be at least no longer "our natural al lies!" Put I have heen asked, continued the speak er, "how is it that Gen. Ca?s proved to be s strong, not only in North, but io the South?? certainly his endorsement by the Oonventioi is entitled to great consideration." In ropl to the latter part of this inquiry, Mr. Y. said i would be entitled to weight, if t ho Oonventioi had proved itself to be the friend of the South but as the Convention had by an overwlielmin; majority repudiated the principles of lite South of course the endorsement of such a body won! u~ili.k Sm th. As to tli ua>i3 ?? # tvii~n? ...... .... ? first branch of the question, he. said that then wore throe grounds of availability possessed b Gen. Ca<s, each of which he liclived was .sufii ciont to condemn him in the eyes of every tro republican? 1st. Gen. Cass was an advocate of the doc trine of internal improvement by the Genera Government in its wildest and most unconstitu tional sense. He had voted in the Senate fb the bills which President I'olk had so nobl vetoed; and ho had oven gone so fitr as to hav voted against Mr. Polk's late masterly veto r that second "bill of abominations." the llarbo and River bill. The entire West and part c the North?much the largest part?wpre devn ted advocates of ofthis corrupt system. B thai vote ngainrt the veto, Gen. Cass had en shrined himself in the heart of the. great West including Kentucky M issouii.aiul a part of Ten nossee. Hence he was emphatically the can didatc ofllie West. '.id. The whole North are Wilrroi Provisoisb and the position of Gen. Cass, which promise to attain the end aime I at hy Wilniot hettc than Wilniot is prepared to do, is of course ac ceptablc to them. These two positions gave to ("Jen. Cass sucl a preponderance of strength at the North tha the floating votes were aiir.icied to him; and ii choosing among the candidates those Sunt fieri delegates who did not mean to govern exclu sivoly hy the Southern principle were natural! attracted to the slrong man. It will thus bi seen that the main element of his strength eon sisted in his recreancy to a long established Do mocratio principle?anti-internal irnprovemen hy the General Government. This involve much, and were reason enough for rejecting thi nomination. If it becomes the policy of lhi Government to distribute its treasure in inter nal improvements, it must become its policy t( raise that treasure hy taxes. We hnvo hereto fore been saved from it in this ruinous extent b reason of the veto power exercised by Jacksoi and Polk. Under (Jen. Cass, however, thi power will not he exercised. The Convention, then, (continued Mr. Y. and its nominee, aro of such a character a neither to excite our respect nor command ou support. Mr. Yancy then gave something of the histo ry of the Convention, and illustrated the spiri which governed it in its action. Among othe /V. 1 things, he instanced as evidence 01 us imsounu nesH as an exponent of Democratic views it refusal to adopt its resolutions, avowing its prin ciples, and the platform upon which it designei to place its nomination before the country he fore it went into the nomination. And nov mark th'j result, he continued: After the nomi nation was made a Committeo was raised t< report a series ot resolutions. !\!r. Y. sail that the Committee met, on the evening of it appointment and sat until 10 at night. Befori it adjourned the resolution in relation to the veti power had been amended so ns to show its hap py effects in saving the country "from a corrupt ing system ofgeuernl internal improvements.' ' im'-iff i'TIbii ? ntiu-FM ? iirwMiin wr rrmrn n It was unanimously agreed to as sound Demo- it cratic doctrine, and as a deserved compliment tl i to Mr. Polk. When the committee met the p next morning the first proposition made was to ? reconsider that amendment, and to strike it out. I I enquired why! It had hecn admitted to he i good Democratic doctrine the night before! The ' n i answer tva=. "(Jen. Cass voted against that ! ^ i veto of Mr. I'olk, and if we put this in we will ' i condemn our nominee?" ! fi i These virtuous piliticians?these trustworthy ! u i representatives of Democracy?had discovered j t ! lry morning that the avowal of a truth would put | t ! an error to blush??that the praise of a patriot t would be the condemnation of n political here tic! | The vote was not reconsidered?lint it was, i as .Mr. Y. firmly believed, because it was loo c f'barefaced even for that body?but that if this j I idea that Cass had voted against Mr. Polk's i ; Veto had been thought of before the amendment i was adopted, it never would have graced those I resolutions. As it is, it will indeed become a F thorn in the side of the nominee? ? i There were several other equally apposite , t illustrations of the want of principle which ac- | lualed the Democratic National Convention in- j stanced by the speaker; but the above will f suffice as sufficiently characteristic. i I Mr. Yancey went on to say that thus rut off | r ' from enter aining any hopes of justice being j j . done to us by the National Democratic Parly, j , what were we to do? Certainly we had nothing f i to hope from the great Whig Party. It had , s always been opposed to us?and always, from j ; its principles and the locality of its masses, must 5 , continue to he so. Even Gen. Taylor, a , s Southern mail, and slaveholder, to get its nomi- f t nation, had tu write that unhappy Alison letter. ( ) thus deprive himself of any positive power as , - an Executive officer to do good in the event of , s what we conceive to be unconstitutional legis lation?and in which, bo strong is the spirit of - opposition to the South in the Whig ranks gen orally, lie had to blink this most vital of all the 1 questions of the day! l Our hope, fellow citizens, said Mr. Y., is in j - ourselves?in our own unpurchasahle eneigies ( in our own incorruptible integrity?in the peo. ( * pie of the whole South. They will be true to themselves. With this great Southern princi- . , pie as a nucleus, let us call upon the South to ^ fj rally to one man?to meet in their primary as i semblies?to meet in Southern Convention?to j - consult and agree upon a tickpt for President s and Vice President which shall be acceptable , to all, by reason of its talent-its purity?its devo. tiou to the Constitution. This is the end we should aim at. 1 would not advj-e that to fie i recommended here, however, at this meeting. t Your resolutions, I believe, are now sufficient r for llu; moment. Yon should lose no time in ( ; declaring your denunciation of the nominee of ( 5 the Haltimorp Convention, and of the utter dis- ( regard ot principles exhibited by that body.? ( - You should lose no time in re-asserting in deci if ded tones the high position which you design to li occupy; leaving to future consultation with your e fellow-citizens of the South the nomination ofa ticket, ami the manner in which that nominar (ion should bp expressed and made known. )' Mr. Y. said that in the Democratic Conven tion he had acted as an instructed delegate of I n i the Alabama Democracy. He believed no one i d could point out in what lie Imd departed from 1 e those instructions in a single iota. He had ' d been instructed, and he bad pledged himself to 1 il his brother members of the Alabama Conven- ' lion, "under no political necessity whatever to < support for the offices of President and Vice- I President any persons who were in favor of either of the forms of excluding slavery frnm the ' n Territories," which lie had been commenting 1 - upon. As for himself and one other from Ala- 1 i liama, wlio?c name (Mr. \Vray) deserved to be y mentioned in honor whenever Southern men it spoke of their defenders, they had adhered to < " ! tfiat pledge, and would a< here to it. He lie 5 j lieved his State would do so?that Florida 5 i would do so; and that the adherpure would prove i. j to Ire contagious, and would spread like the cird | cling waves upon the bosom ofa placid lake in a to which a p?blde was dropped, until it had a covered the face of the whole South, and had V rolled over its entire population. The cause is t fiat of our country. Il is, too, a just cause, and c the Ciod who controls the destinies of nations would, in his own wise way, see to it that it should achieve a noble triumph. ; THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. e Wednesday Morning* Jnne21, I81S. 'rf WILLIAM R. JOHNSTON, EDITOR. r ? Agricultural ^lectin?. An cxlrn meeting or the Watereo Agricultural Soci. ' cty will he held at Swift Cre< k on Thursday, the 29th inst, it 10 o'clock A. M. J. BOYK1N, Sec'y. j Our Volunteers. By accounts from Mexico received this morning, we lenrn that General Pattrrron's Division left for Vera ' J Crur. on the 30th ult. s r | The Camden Branch. *| We learn from an advertisement in the Colum, ; hia Telegraph, that " the Camden Branrh is now 1 I e r ' j | open lor Freight and Passengers to Slalesburg, IS , miles." The cars leavt* that point for Charleston , ? every morning at 8} o'clock and arrive from Char- , . leston every afternoon, at 45 minutes after 2. c U"IIis Excellency Gov. Johnson, has returned | i. to his residente at Lime Stone Springs, where his | . Head Quarters will be during the summer. t s Temperance Convention# s Tlio scmi.nnnuol Convention of the Stnto Tempor. ranee Society wns held in this town Inht week. We . hid espocted to hove been furnished with the prncro-j dings of this nice ling but liavo not received them. . Among tho results, wo notico the institution of a Diyr vision of the Order of the Sons of Tempo.ance, and the ! formation of a juvenile band of the "Cold Water Ar. s my." ) Politics, s We have devoted a considerable portion of our r paper today to political matters, and invite attention to the resolutions of tho Baltimore Convention, and the speech of Mr. Yancey. Next week wc will 1 publish Gen. Cass's letter to Mr. Nicholson, of r Tennessee, from which our readers can form their own opinions of his political creed, s _____ The Whig Pnrty. 1 From all we can glean from the Northern papers, * the Whig party is just about in puch a "fix" as the k Democratic party. A circular has been put forth ill Massachusetts, addressed to the people of that j State, declaring that the Whig National ConvenR tion in nominating General Taylor, have exceeded 1 , their just authority and proposed a enndidate, , whom no Northern Whig is bound to support. A . call is made for a Convention in Worcester on . Wednesday 28th inst. A telegraph despatch from Albany says thattho Clay Whigs of that city are idignaht at the noini ntion, and refuse to support ic Ticket The intelligent correspondent of the lailimore Rvn, "X" writing from Philadelphia ayr, that there was no unanimous adhesion to the oniinees, and that unine of the Massachusetts icmbers went so far, as to declare the whip party iFsnlved, and pledged themselves before God to o all that limy could to defeat the ticket A ratication Taylor meeting in New York was rather nceremouiously broken up by the ('lay whig* exingui8i)ing the lights &c. All t'inse manife.-ta* ions indicnie a gnwing distaste for National pary conventions. Adjournment of Conjress. A joint resolution has been passed by thellotiw if .Represent itivea, that Congress adjourn on ht 7th of July. Foreign News. oi?/?Aiintu f'om Pnrnnn **m Krntlfflil (iV ikft ' V ? .V. WM.-., -j tcaionr America, which left Liverpool on the third sad rrived nt Boston in ten day's passage. 'Hie political irws again assumes a degree ?f intern, .Mr. Mrrcnai.L las been convicted of treason, and sentenced to II <nrs transportation to llie bulks in Bermuda. Intent incitement prevailed in Dublin, up to the evening of he day on which he was sentenced, hut this excite* nnnt has given way to o de-p an ! solemn silence which Irnotes stern preparation und rosnlre. A liberal pfn. 'ision wil! lie nmde by ihe nation for the eonvict's Ik* nily. The types of the Un-hd Irishmnn newspaper vcro seized hy the government, but a new paper is Vo ic started on its basis, to be call d the Irirk Felon. Some chartist disturbances have taken place in diffe* ? cnt parts of En-laud hut wcro promptly quelled by the liilitury and civil authorities. France is quiet, snd-re* :ent events promise well for the safety and duration of he Republic. Cotton had declined 1 8 d., bat had perially recovered bcforc*the sailing of Ihe steamer. communicated ' : life insurance. The public arc most seriously invited to invest}* rate this subject. E/rry man who claims or sspires o the character of prudence in the management of his ifFiirs, nrd m providing for the ease, comfort and fdo. :alion of hi- family is deeply concerned. In Great Britain, and nur own Northern Stales, no species of insurance is more common, and it is right that it shpoM :>e so: for no other is more important. It is makii^g mrc of one of the groat objects we labor for to lifW-~ ilinl is, a means of support to our wives and childrra when we arc dead. R, C^ce advertisement in another column. Camden* Branch.?Wc understand that tbw Branch is in rapid progress, and that the tratfts ire rtiniiit g regularly every day to Stafebtirg. \ contract has been made to transport rite mail, to commence on the 1st dav of July next, and to he conveyed fn m ihe head if the mad to Camden in stages by the old Raleigh line, this arrangement passenger* leaving Charles. ion in ?ho morning will arrive in Csmdrn by nipper lime the same evening. Chrtrle&n Mercury. PUBLIC MEETING.! lu In pursuance of previous noticp, a large menlitijjof the citizen* of Ker*ha\v District conrened in the Court IJou?e at Canvlen, on Sator. lay I lie 17i h i?? . On motion, his Honor, the Intendant, Joi v M. DeSaussurr, was called lo the char. ..id Wm. iM. Sua wan appointed Secretary. The chairman, on taking his seat, EMiferwined the meeting with a happy and.appropriate address, replete with patriot sentimrul. On motion of Mr. Salmond, a committee was appointed to draft a Preamble and Resolqiions for the consideration of the meeting. The Chairman appointed as this committee Mr. Salmnnd, Ja?. K. Douglass, Wm. Z. Johnson, Major Smart, Jns. Cliesnnt Jr., A. II. Bojkin, James R. McKain, C Matlteson, Gen. J. W. Caniey, Col. W. J. Taylor. The Committee retired, and after a short ?!> sence, reported through their chairman, Mr. Salmnnd, the following Preamble and Resolution*, which, nfter add*esses from Mr. Salroond, Major Smail, Col. Chesout, Col. Kershaaw, and Wm. M. Shannon, were ?>evernlly put and unanimously adopted:? t It is a subject rd ptide and rejoicing toerery friend of the human family, more especially lr> every Ameiican Patriot, that Republican America is at peace. While tnonarchial Europe is rocked to the very centre, by the throes of civil strife, on this continent, the sword is sheathed, nnd man's hand rea?es to he imbued in his brother's blood. A nd while we may properly and justly exult I hat we have been freed from the horrors of war l>y a succession of brilliant victories, won from a powerful foe upon their own soil, and under trial and vicisitudes which stamp those victories as unparalelled in the ?ir? nals of war, still it is not from these feelings of general humanity, and patriotism, that onr present rejoicing emulates. No! Matters in wh:ch we have a particular and peculiar interest call forth the generous feelings that animate our breasts. Eighteen months since, Kershaw's chosen chivalry, a noble gallant compv ny, onr friends and brothers, went forth at the rail of onr common country to battle with a for. eign foe, their hearts beating high with patriot motive and bright anticipation of warrior fame. Some of these hare sunk under the. fatigues of the toilsome, wearisome inarch under a tropic sun, many havp sickened and died from the Jiseases of a pestilential climate, and many have given up their hero spirits on a blood ft..1.1. V.nt m <itt oieonmrtaneat at all O 111 an v.ll\.itua<itun>.?.^ ?*? ? times, in the camp, on thn march, in the deadly hour of strife, or in that more trying hour, when, flushed with victory, oarh and everyone has home himself as the fitting representative ' qI a gallnnt and virtuous people. The fpw survivors of this terrible campaign are about to be restored to their homes, and the peaceful avocations of life?they are not only entitled to our highest admiration and grati* lude for their glorious deeds of arms but also to ruir warmest affection, for their tender care and kind offices to those of th^ir number, who, in a stranger land, far away from the comfort* of home, have been struck down by disease, or fallen nobly, on the battle-field. Yes; their bo* soms have sustained the head of many a hero, is his heart's best blood welled, in hurried Ihrobs, fast away, a willing tribute to his coutii try's glory. They have watched with tender solicitude, the dying moments of their brother soldier; they have comforted and soothed him in the last trying struggle; their hands have home the last cooling draught to his parched lips, nnd his last words of home, .if jlove and country have fallen on their ears. T. _ 1 ,! .L_. .1 IJ ii is mosi orcoming, mm, mm bhuuim ?reet them with a welcome worthy of them and worthy of ourselves. He it therefore, Resolved, That such of the officers and sob diers of the Palmetto Regiment aa shall arrive in tho town of Camden, shall he invited te % public dinner, and during their stay in town shall he the guests of town anddistrict, and that the Intendant, John M. PeSaussure, shall, on their arrival, express to them, the feelings of the citizens of this District towards them, an<J